A Goblink Floyd ripoff or other Oldfieldesque exorcism + a few other gems off the "(Big Bang Present) Italian Funk Experience (Synth Funk, Italo-Exploitation & Espresso-Jazz From Italy 1969-1980)" v/a cd. Mostly filled with Italian library, it's not as exquisite as the French volume, sadly. Also just out in Nascente's half-a-midprice "Funk Experience" series: "(DJ Andy Smith & Keith Lawrence Present) Jamaican Funk Experience (Rude-Boy Riddims, Skanking Horns & Boss Reggae)" - similarly great but not grandiose.

Indoor Life … from Frisco … as underrated as any … and in dire need of reappraisal and a reissue programme ;-) By way of consolation, "Voodoo" can be found on "A Man & A Machine III" (2011-09).
http://journalofweirdstudies.blogspot.com/2007/10/indoor-life-archaeology.html
http://campari0safari.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/indoor-life-jorge-socarras-catholic-patrick-cowley-simon-reynolds-brandt-brauer-frick-macro-records-berlin-elektro-guzzi-eternal-heroes-vienna/

Absolutely wanted to play Carol's "Breakdown" for ya - a track I'd already mentioned in my Snowy Red post, as he's backing her on this one. The track is also on the very excellent "A Man & A Machine III" v/a 2cd. The tracks by the Cabs, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Drinking Electricity are presented here in the compilers' original sequence, just to show how well Stéphane Ritzenthaler and Philippe Pierre-Adolphe can create a musical flow, apart from having impeccable taste in eighties wave and avantgarde … Do check their "A Man & A Machine" series, I urge thee!

Wonderful tracks off my fave comp of the year: the "A Man & A Machine III" v/a 2cd (le Son du Maquis cat no. 214, rel. 2011-09-08). I could have picked any track, really, as the third volume is the best yet in the series. (Apparently it's won a Qwartz award for best electronics compilations. Don't think Qwartz or Maquis will win prizes for keeping their sites up to date, though.)

Just out: a 5lp box of Van Kaye & Ignit (1980-1985), via Vinyl on Demand (2011-05). For those of you feeling spleen over la van Kasteren - Bekken ;-)
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Van+Kaye+%26+Ignit?anv=Van+Kaye+%2B+Ignit
http://www.discogs.com/label/Ding+Dong+Records+And+Tapes

Before they scored hits in their own name, Ashford & Simpson were songwriters, mostly, teaming up with Joshie Jo Armstead for instance … Here's an A&S penned song from 1967 plus the original version of "Let's go get stoned" - as released in 1965 by the Coasters, who're most famous for working with Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber (also deceased) … I.M. Nickolas Ashford.
http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/nickolas-ashford/39547
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/23/nickolas-ashford-obituary
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-obit-20110823,0,1364822.story

More Sauveur Mallia library smurfivity via "Spatial Disco 2" on Electunes … 10 track lp, 22 track cd, both utterly smurf!

Whilst we wait for volume 2, here's two tracks off 2010's "Danza Meccanica Italian Synth Wave 1982-1987" v/a cd on Mannequin (MNQ 005) / In the Night Time (NT 012). Standout track "Behind the door" by Victrola is a home studio recording from 1985, previously unreleased until it became a bonus track on the cd edition, which features three tracks not on the 2lp version.
http://www.inthenighttime.com/music/danzameccanica_eng.html
http://www.mannequinmailorder.com/label.html
http://myspace.com/danzameccanica

Here's a few of the exclusive or rare tracks on the "Gainsbourg" 20cd box (aka "L'intégrale 20e Anniversaire") … It's a fine offering but on the other hand, this is the umpteenth expensive recompilation of Serge G's œuvre and the inédits account for merely one cd's worth … And the OpenDisc content is once again insultingly disappointing - as it always is. Soit, IM SG (1928-04-02 > 1991-03-02).
http://www.gainsbourg.org/
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Gainsbourg
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/el/artists/sergegainsbourg.php
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/el/artists/sergegainsbourgbrigittebardot.php
http://www.charmandising.com/francais-serge-gainsbourg-intgrale-serge-gainsbourg-20-cd-p-5981.html
http://www.lamartinieregroupe.com/ > "Intégrale Gainsbourg"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n5ttr